Record ID: DOR-823696
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Edward III. Pre-treaty series G. 1356 - 1361
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-82AD42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine. Constantinopolis type. AD 330 - 335
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-82E281
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Radiate of Claudius II Gothicus. Posthumous issue. Reverse shows an eagle.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-836665
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbarous radiate, probably copying a coin of Tetricus I. The obverse has a stylised radiate head facing right. On the reverse is a stylised figure - probably Pax.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-840D26
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper As. Very worn, but probably of Hadrian.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-844244
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy As. Very worn. Probably Antonine or later (AD 138 - 250) Diameter: 24.87 mm Weight: 6.37 g Die axis: uncertain
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-847886
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy shield shaped harness pendant with a broken suspension loop. The front of the shield is decorated with three lions passant guardant (probably the arms of England before 1340) with a recessed field around for enamel. No enamel survives. The lions are arranged one above the other down the length of the shield and consequently become progressively smaller as the shield narrows. The back is undecorated. Medieval. 14th century. Dimensions: 34.10 mm x 19.07 mm x 4.61 mm Weight: 5.47 g
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: DOR-84C4F5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a leg from a cast copper alloy tripod cooking vessel of medieval or post-medieval date. The leg would be from a cauldron or similar vessel. The upper part has a D-shaped cross-section. The back is flat and undecorated. The foot projects forwards and widens out from the upper part. It is damaged at one corner but is broadly paw-shaped having a central rib and and a rounded corner. Dimensions: 34.10 mm x 19.07 mm x 4.61 mm Weight: 5.47 g
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-85D737
Object type: VESSEL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of rim from a copper alloy vessel. This is probably a rim from a cauldron or similar vessel. The rim is pointed and has an external bead. The vessel wall is thinned from the rim.The interior surface appaers smoothed whilst the exterior is rough and un-polished. There is clear evidence of mending of this vessel in the form of two rivet holes (one whole, with partial rivet and one incomplete). These were probably used to fix a plate of sheet metal (not present) to join a split in the vessel wall just below the rim. Medieval to post medieval. Possibly 15th to 17th century. Dimen…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-861013
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle frame and pin. Double looped oval buckle with copper alloy pin. The inner edges of the frame are bevelled. The front is convex and the back is flat. At one side is a pionted projection with a central notch which forms the pin rest. Opposite this at the outer edge of the other loop is a moulded triangular knop also with a central notch. The pin is hooked around the narrowed centre bar and tapers to a point at the distal end. The pin has a rectangular cross-section. Early post- medieval. C. 1550 - 1650. Dimensions: 42.02 mm x 25.77 mm x 2.94 mm Weight: 8.56 g
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-869DD1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle frame and pin. A single looped, D-shaped buckle. The outer edge of the frame is thick and crudely cast with a rounded rectangular cross section. The bar is slightly recessed from the frame and has a more circular cross section. The frame has numerous file marks over most of the surface. The pin is hooked around the bar with a narrow and tapering tab.The pin flares out from the tab at the proximal end and tapers to a point at the distal end. The pin is hollowed at the back. The somewhat crude and irregular casting makes this hard to date closely. Medieval. C. 1250 …
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-86C840
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy belt mount. A small decorative belt mount in the form of a flat sexfoil with a central hole and integral rivets. The front is decorated with the foils being alternatingly plain and grooved. At the back are two integral fixing spikes, both incomplete. One is set at the outer edge of the mount and is bent outwards. The other is set at the inner edge by the central hole and is just a stub. Medieval. C. 1250 - 1400. Dimensions: 13.59 mm x 6.31 mm Weight: 1.19 g
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-86F7D6
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
French jetton of Tournai. Tower shield of Tournai on the obverse. Fictitious legends on both sides.Dating between 1497 and 1547. This jetton is similar to several published examples but identical to none. In Barnard, The Casting-Counter and the Casting-Board see p.120, no. 64 for obverse design and p.121, no. 65 for the reverse but not the legends. In Mitchiner, Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg see p. 238, no. 725 which is the same except that it lacks the towers in the angles of the reverse cross.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-875081
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Henry VII. Minted at York under Archbishop Bainbridge. There are two keys below the shield on the reverse. Late Medieval. Reference: North Volume 2, p. 106, No. 1751/1
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-961532
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin with silvered surface. Irregular oval flan. Possibly a contemporary copy of a radiate.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-9987B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver Iron Age coin. South western uninscribed stater.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1A48D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver threepence of Elizabeth I. Dated above the reverse shield- 1578.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-29FDA0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver threepence of Elizabeth I. Dated above the reverse shield- 1582. North, Volume 2, ref. 1998
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-2A2324
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward I.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-2B87A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Alexander III of Scotland. Long cross and stars (first coinage) type III.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-2BF413
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy As or Dupondius. Small, squared flan means it is probably 2nd to 3rd century AD. Very little detail surviving.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DOR-2C9B63
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver stater. South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. Base silver.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Rushton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-2CE595
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver groat of Edward III. Pre-treaty series C. Dating to 1351 - 1352. North, Volume 2, 1152
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-2F9C48
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jetton. A French jetton, probably of the Tournai mint. The obverse shows the "Chatel Tournois" (the Castle of Tours)design of the town of Tours. No direct parallel found in the references, but similar to Barnard No 28. Barnard explains that the design of the Chatel Tournois varies so that the object on the top of the tower can be a cross, a lis or a crown. Dating from circa 1415 to 1497.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DOR-2FD956
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th century copper alloy trade token. A token of Richard Cheney in Dorchester. Dated 1666. Similar to Thompson, "The Norweb Collection, Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750", Part 2. Dorset, Durham, Essex and Gloucestershire, plate III, No. 904a.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-301230
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th century copper alloy trade token. A token of Thomas Hall in Dorchester. Dated 1656. Similar to Thompson, "The Norweb Collection, Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750", Part 2. Dorset, Durham, Essex and Gloucestershire, part II, Plate III, no.899.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-403B86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I. North, Volume 2, ref. 2016
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-407EC2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Elizabeth I. North, Volume 2, ref. 2017
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-409418
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Elizabeth I. North, Volume 2, ref. 2001
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-41F233
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval stirrup strap mount (Williams Class a, type 8) dating to the 11th century. A cast copper alloy, sub-triangular mount. It has three attachment holes, one set below the apex ant the other two at the base, above the right-angled flange. The lower two holes retain the corroded traces of iron fixings. The front is decorated with moulded zoomorphic elements and lobed tendrils.The details of the decoration are deeply cast and very clear (Williams, 1997, p48, Nos. 130 etc.). At the apex is a zoomorphic head terminal with prominent eyes. There flows from the apex terminal a s…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-43AA51
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval zoomorphic stirrup terminal dating to the 11th century. A cast copper alloy, hollow backed terminal. It is in the form of a beast's head with large ears, protruding eyes and a long, rounded muzzle. At the end of the muzzle, the snout is rounded and protruding There is a ridge running back from it along the centre of the head, ending between the eyes. Along the each side of the muzzle there extends from the lobe end of the snout a tendril, which folds back on itself and ends in a lobe. At the top of the terminal above the ears is a narrow horizontal ridge or collar. T…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Monkton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6BB778
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumbnail scraper of probable early Bronze Age date. The scraper has been made froma tertiary flake. At the proximal end on the ventral surface is a bulb of percussion and a marked bulbar scar. Ripples radiate down the ventral surface. On the dorsal surface there are a number of flaking scars and the distal end has been abruptly retouched. The mid to dark grey flint has a mid-gloss patina. Dimensions: 32.4mm by 29.2mm by 9.3mm Weight: 9.9g
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over Compton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6BE638
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable late medieval or early post-medieval date. The asymmetrical double loop buckle measures 56.1mm by 19.4mm by 4mm and weighs 7.2g. The strap bar is narrowed and off-set and at each end of it the frame has a small external knop. One side of the rounded frame is larger than the other and there is a large projection from the centre of the outside edge on both side of the frame. These appear to be loosely zoomorphic, with one side moulded to represent a stylised head and shoulders and the other side a flared, possibly feathered, tail. In the centre of t…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stour', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6C8EB5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An English copper alloy jetton of medieval date. The obverse is of the enthroned king type, which dates from c. 1350-1400, although the reverse does not feature in Mitchiner (1988, p. 124).
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddlehinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D0A27
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 42.3mm by 28.5mm by 5.4mm and weighs 27.7g. It comprises part of two sides of the socket, which has a thickened edge and an adjacent transverse linear moulding, and a short length of the axhead itself. There is a further longitudinal moulding in the centre of one of the surviving sides. A smaller fragment of copper alloy was found nearby. Although it does not appear to join with the larger fragment, the thickness, general appearance and patina are consistent and the two fragments may we…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Overcompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D7E72
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead or socketed chisel of late Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 32.3mm by 32.9mm by 8.6mm and weighs 12.8g. It comprises the straight cutting edge and a short length of the tapering axehead. One side survives more intact than the other. The socket reaches almost to the cutting edge. In the centre of each side there is a longitudinal casting seam.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D3A235
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame. A single oval looped frame with forked spacers to take rigid sheet plates (missing). The frame has a point in the middle of the outer edge and a slight notch behind this where the missing pin would have rested. The back of the frame is notched for the attachment of the pin. The proximal ends of the spacers are thickened into transverse ridges with grooves aither side. The inside edges of the spacers are stepped in before they tapes to the distal ends (one end is snapped off). Both spacer arms are bent. G Egan(in Egan a & Pritchard, 1991, Dress Acc…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D402A2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame. A single oval looped frame with a separate folded sheet metal plate. The frame is oval with a narrowed and offset bar. The pin is missing. The plate is a single pieces of sheet metal folded around the barIt has a cntral notch to allow for the missing pin and the sides are recessed for the frame. There is a single attachment hole (passing through the front and back parts of the plate) in the centre of the proximal end of the plate. The front of plate tapers slightly to the distal end whilst the back part is considerably shorter and narrower then the f…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D43EE5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap bar-mount. A bar with a terminal lobes and a larger central lobe. The central lobe is convex and decorated with four incised transverse lines. The terminal lobes are have small, circular attachment holes. The back is hollowed. Medieval in date (c. 1350 - 1400). Several such mounts would have been attached transversly to a strap or belt, possibly interspersed with mounts of differing designs. See G Egan(in Egan a & Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories, p214) nos. 1160 & 1161. Dimensions: 18.83 mm x 8.87 mm x 3.17 mm Weight: 1.17 g
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DOR-D527B5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger ring. The ring has tapering triangular shoulders and a narrowed D-sectioned band with considerable wear at the back. The bezel is rectangular and has a raised, circular, flat-topped projection in imitation of an intaglio. The projection is decorated with incised lines comprising three dots slightly offset from the centre with an oval frame around them and a circle radiating short lines towards the edge. This ring is Roman in date. Dimensions: 24.43 mm x 21.19 mm x 10.50 mm Weight: 4.7 g
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Rushton', grid reference and parish protected.